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A Course 

Containing Seven Lessons in the 

Practical Cultivation of 

the Power of 

Suggestion and Concentration 



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MAY E. STEVENSON 

Teacher of 
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Self Control. 



Thought Communication by Magnetism. 



Mind and Magnetism on the Lower Planes and 
their Relations to the Higher. 



To Learn How to Serve. 



Suggestions and their Effects in General. 



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Personal Suggestions and their Magnetism. 



The Soul, and its Power to Travel on Higher 
Planes by Magnetism. 



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Introduction 

After having faithfully followed 
the teachings given by our fore- 
fathers, we are to-day as though we 
were lost, and did not know how or 
where to find the road to the happi- 
ness promised us. 

We have prayed and believed as 
we were taught, but we have not 
found heaven where we were told to 
find it, nor peace on earth, and 
good will of all men we prayed for. 
The voice within tells us that knowl- 
edge is the only way to the fulfill- 
ment of these promises, and as soon 
as we listen to that voice and give 
our attention to reason, then we are 



6 Introduction 

compelled to look for truth in other 
directions. 

Creeds must become a side issue 
for the time being at least, as true 
religion is deeds, and not words only 
with a certain amount of faith in 
them. We have been taught that 
" God is far away in heaven," but 
when we see the truth we shall find 
him within our own selves, and not 
only God, but heaven and happiness 
as well. As soon as we commence 
to apply the power from within, then 
we shall find comfort, peace, and 
constant happiness, and life will be- 
come different to us. 

Man is in God, and God in man, 
and that power hidden in all things 
rules the universe. As soon as we 
look into ourselves we shall find this 
truth manifested. 

God is in what we see, and do not 
see, and as long as mankind make 
the mistake in seeking outside of 



Introduction 7 

themselves the beauty of God will be 
unknown to them. 

We have not time to listen and be- 
lieve only, we must know, as the 
practical way to wisdom is knowl- 
edge, and by that we reach our goal 
the quickest. 

We shall show that we can not 
come in contact with anything with- 
out coming into the life of God by 
the power of mind. 

As we do not understand what the 
power of thought is, and what it 
manifests, until we cultivate our 
OAvn Ave can not tell where God is, 
nor who He is, but as mind is hidden 
in all matter we find the house of 
God nearest when we learn to know 
our bodies, and what they are com- 
posed of, and also the effect of 
thought upon them, and thus we 
will be able to prove that the power 
of God is within. 

When we find that mind can make 
the body after its own image, then 



8 Introduction 

we shall understand that we are re- 
lated to everything in the universe. 

Every nerve in the human body 
has a power of its own, and it is 
demonstrated in its own particular 
way. 

As we have millions of nerves in 
our body and no two act alike, we 
can see what a wonderful construc- 
tion it is. 

To find the power of mind, its 
location, and actions we must deal 
with the nerves in particular, as 
they are the wires responding to 
the different thought forces, and 
each nerve responds in a different 
way from the other, as there are not 
two thoughts alike, the nerves do not 
act alike. We must come closer to 
matter with mind, and then we will 
find in detail what kind of matter the 
thought can associate itself with 
most easily, and when that question 
is answered we will see that it is 
magnetism. 



Introduction 9 

Every thought travels in its own 
matter, that means, the magnetism 
which each thought attracts, for it 
must be remembered that it is a com- 
pounded variety, and as the thought 
is in quality, so will be the material 
which it sets in action. 

Mind never acts alone nor travels 
alone, but is clothed according to the 
law. 

When we think of, and recognize 
evil, hatred, anger, jealousy, etc., 
we can not attract to us good mag- 
netism, but it will be in quality like 
the thoughts, and it is as certain to 
poison the blood into which the 
magnetism goes, as such thoughts 
are sure to inflict injury on the 
minds upon others. It will not be 
long until science finds out that all 
the incurable troubles of mind and 
body are caused by low thoughts, and 
we shall then find how easy it will be 
to cure. 

When humanity learns to think 



io Introduction 

orderly, that means to have high 
thoughts, and recognize the love 
principle, power and ability to be- 
come what is desirable, then there 
will not be so much sickness, as 
humanity will draw to itself the 
finer magnetism belonging to such 
thoughts, and the mind will be peace- 
ful, and that will make the body 
strong and healthy. 

The sooner we find out that it is 
our thoughts which make our lives 
unhappy, the sooner we shall change 
them and make it as habitual to 
think high as it is to think low. 

When we can see practically that 
it is not so much what we do as 
what we think, then we shall have 
courage and individuality, and it 
will become manifest through our 
being, and we will find success in 
everything we undertake. 

We shall see that we can not limit 
God, or the power of thought, which 



Introduction [ i 

is his expression, but it is in all 
things, and by suggesting our every 
action consciously, we apply the 
higher power in the matter with 
which we deal, and we will know the 
outcome of our every effort. 

The whole human race is in 
struggle because it does not under- 
stand the relationship between mind 
and matter, nor the law of living in 
the duality. In all matter there is 
constant struggle to reach the plane 
of consciousness which is its destiny. 

At the same time there is chaos, 
there is also perfect regularity, and 
we must learn to deal with all things 
accordingly. 

System in life makes it easier, and 
we know what we receive when we 
give out systematically, but we must 
not become slaves to system, as that 
is as wrong as to have no system at 
all. 

To cultivate concentration by will 



1 2 Introduction 

is to think systematically, and when 
we can do so we will know the effect 
of every thought. 

When we plan our duties in life, 
we will know what the results will 
be, and we will not use our efforts 
and time in vain. 

When we think, we must have 
power over our thoughts to keep 
them on one thing, and they will not 
be like things we are not able to 
manage. 

The cultivation of will is the first 
thing we must learn, and when we 
know how and when to use it we will 
apply it in our every day dealings. 

Mind must become trained like 
matter to do our bidding; when I 
say our, I do not mean the body, but 
the soul. 

It is not becoming to men and wo- 
men to worry as though every day 
were their last, as it shows that 
they do not know themselves, nor 
their relation to God, the highest 



Introduction 1 3 

in all things in heaven and on earth. 
If we let the power of our minds dic- 
tate our movements, then not one 
step will be taken in vain, but we 
will be so used to having mind and 
matter act in conjunction that we 
can become a power of accomplish- 
ment wherever we are. 

The greater portion of mankind 
are like somnabulists who walk in 
their sleep, mentally, and dwell upon 
one thing in their stupor until they 
wear it out; wherever the mind is so 
dormant that it can not be the 
master, the case is abnormal and hu- 
manity is on the plane with the 
animal. 

The cultivation and use of 
thought-power upon ourselves and 
others will be of great good in all 
the different circumstances in life, 
as it strengthens the nerves and 
gives energy and will-power. 

Disease is easily removed by will- 



14 Introduction 

power in the conscious concentra- 
tion of mind. 

The application of the higher 
power develops individuality, and 
will reveal to us what we can do for 
ourselves and others. 

As long as we are in ignorance of 
our own worth we will suffer, as we 
will become subject to the will- 
power of others, and we can not help 
ourselves. 

Why should we seek that from 
others which we have in abundance 
ourselves? and why should we be 
limited to the will of others when God 
has given to us the whole universe 
for our happiness? Why do we look 
upon others as the " wonders " when 
we are as great wonders ourselves? 
And why should we give the credit 
to others which we have a right to 
ourselves? We do so because we are 
ignorant of our power and what it 
can accomplish. 



Introduction 1 5 

It was to us as well as to the Dis- 
ciples that Christ spoke when He 
said " greater things than I do ye 
shall do, as I go to niy Father," and 
we should not limit that to the 
" wonders " of His day, but to our- 
selves as the same power is lat- 
ent in us which was in them. All 
power is cultivated by activity, and 
by using it in practical concentra- 
tion it becomes greater and more 
active, and whosoever applies it will 
see the fulfillment of the words of 
the Master. 

These lessons will be given plain, 
and as practical as possible that all 
can understand them, and then they 
will be of great usefulness. We do not 
find one instance in life where the 
power of mind can not be applied, 
and if it be brought to bear at all 
times we will not have the tribula- 
tions which we have by not using 
our judgment and reason in all 
things. 



1 6 Introduction 

Truth is the only thing which 
gives independence, strength of 
character, and freedom on all 
planes, and we owe it to ourselves 
and our fellowmen to find out what 
is truth. If there is plenty for every 
need in life, why should humanity 
be in want if it was not that they 
can only have what they wish by 
their own effort, and as it is not law 
that it shall be given to us as gifts 
we can not have it until we find it 
for ourselves. The sooner we de- 
velop the power of our higher selves, 
the sooner we shall see this, and then 
we will make the right effort and 
cease to pray for it as a gift of grace. 

All things unfold by their own ac- 
tivity, and how can we expect to be 
excepted from the dictates of law. 

O humanity, cease to seek outside 
of self, but look within. We should 
not look for greater things in others 
than we recognize in ourselves, as 
that is to deny what we are, and 



Introduction 17 

such denial makes weakness which 
prevents us reaching our goal. 

We must learn to consult our own 
judgment and apply our own power, 
and by such activity we shall culti- 
vate more. 

This is the way that mind affects 
the body and the material outside of 
it, as it attracts to us magnetic 
power the more our minds are sys- 
tematically active, the more we shall 
live a life of beauty and content- 
ment. Concentration upon the body 
will make its every function supple, 
and thus prepare it for the demon- 
stration of the higher gifts. Some 
teach that " matter is error " ; we 
can not agree with such teachings, 
as God can not create anything con- 
trary to Himself. 

There can be no error, as every- 
thing is pure and beautiful from the 
beginning, and if it can not demon- 
strate its beauty now, it will by and 
by. If there was no pain how could 



1 8 Introduction 

we learn to overcome it? How can 
we be masters of that which we have 
not experienced? And how can 
there be anything with which we 
can avoid coming in contact when 
we expect to teach others by the ex- 
periences which we have had? 

The cause of pain is the irregular- 
ity of thought and actions and we 
must come in contact with it in 
order to learn how to regulate it 
and thereby gain wisdom and poise. 

Nothing can teach nature but na- 
ture itself, and when human beings 
allow pain to overcome them they 
must know the power by which it is 
caused and by which it is removed. 

Mind makes pain and the same 
power removes it; the causes in de- 
tail are hard to enumerate. 

Most people are sick because they 
are lonely and long for love and 
sympathy, and because the world 



Introduction 1 9 

does not understand them they re- 
ceive no response and this affects 
their bodies. 

Nothing but thoughts of love, 
youth and perfect freedom can re- 
store. 

Truth must be accepted by the 
world as it is the only savior for 
mankind, and the systematic recog- 
nition and application of it in all 
walks of life can cultivate our higher 
selves and their demonstration 
through the body. 



Self Control 

In order to realize the power of 
self-control, and apply it in times of 
need, we must make our wills bear 
upon our thoughts as they affect the 
body which we have seen above. 

Confusion around us will cause 
confusion within, both in mind and 
body, and under such conditions we 
can neither help ourselves nor our 
fellow men. Self control means 
character, and both are cultivated 
by orderly concentration of mind. 

Reason and judgment are the 
demonstrations of control of self, 



Self Control 21 

but we should not become such rea- 
soners as to forget love and its ten- 
derness. 

To control self means to control 
others, but it can not be done with- 
out love as " none will be driven, 
but all can be coaxed," and by 
such poise we have confidence in 
ourselves and we also receive it 
from others. What we are, that they 
will become with whom we come in 
contact because of the magnetism 
which we send out. 

The cultivation of self-control 
teaches us to keep to ourselves 
things which many times would be 
said to others and our plans would 
be a failure. 

We must not say anything which 
we do not mean, nor promise any- 
thing we can not do as we will 
lose confidence in ourselves, and 
by fear that others do not believe 
in us, we will lose our self-re- 
spect and become wrecks on the 



22 Self Control 

sea of life, and go deeper and deeper 
until we have lost all control over 
the circumstances which we had 
power to manage before. In order 
to cultivate power of self we must 
consult our own judgment and be 
willing to risk losing or winning 
and take the responsiblity. 

The cultivation of calmness makes 
us come in contact with sorrow, 
pain, injustice, want, and other 
conditions without making too 
much of it. When we feel that no 
one has as great troubles as we, 
that proves that we have but little 
strength, as with its development 
comes character, judgment, wisdom 
and above all, love. 

Self control makes us valuable to 
others as we can see danger and give 
assistance, whereas the weak only 
stand in one place and cry for their 
losses. 

Calmness and confidence in self 
are the only weapons by which we 



Self Control 23 

shall conquer and learn our lessons. 
Beautiful is he who is composed in 
times of excitement, silent in times 
of controversies and unconcerned in 
defence of self, because he can so 
conquer circumstances that he can 
forgive those who try to injure, and 
love and have charity for those who 
try to defraud, and he does not be- 
come affected by those who are an- 
gry and revenge is not in him. 

Whoever has the power of self 
control is like a tree which does not 
move for any storm. 

Composure brings refinement, and 
such persons are more valuable than 
precious stones as they can be 
trusted, and their wisdom is like the 
morning dew. 

In order to cultivate this quality 
go by yourself when there is excite- 
ment until you can see it and hear 
it without its affecting you. 

Do not take part in disputes, but 
leave such places unless you can be 



24 Self Control 

a peacemaker. By being composed 
we hold our force and do not become 
nervous like him who allows himself 
to become excited. 

Concentrate your mind upon your 
own soul and let your breathing be 
very slow, and do not heave with 
your chest. 

If you are hurried sit down and 
become still and see that you have 
time in advance, and always use 
your own judgment and independ- 
ence. Do not sympathize with any- 
body until you become weak, as 
then you have given away your mag- 
negism and will after such loss 
make others weak and excited. Rec- 
ognize the power of your soul and 
hold love until you love it dearly, 
and you will gain self control, as it 
will always keep you calm. Do not 
give your confidence to those you 
do not know, as they might misuse 
it and the regret that you gave it 



Self Control 25 

will weaken the control you had over 
yourself. 

Always have faith in your ability 
to control self and you will be in 
" wisdom like the tree by the waters 
which bears fruits at all seasons." 

This concentration for poise is 
done at any time when we find that 
fear is trying to get the better of us. 



Thought Communication by 
Magnetism 

It has for a long time been known 
that we can communicate with each 
other by thought, and the more we 
learn to know this power the more 
we shall realize that it is so. 

We must know how and when to 
make others feel our presence in 
thought as all practice of mind 
power must be done in accordance 
with the law which governs it. 

We know that no thought comes to 
us or leaves us alone, but that it is 



Thought Communication 27 

traveling in magnetism, and there- 
fore when we think we give and re- 
ceive the magnetism, which is affin- 
ity to our thoughts. 

Mind goes as quickly to other 
planets as it travels upon this one, 
as there is no time nor space to 
thought, and that is the reason why 
we can telegraph to our friends no 
matter where they are and they will 
know it, if we do so in the right time 
and under harmonious conditions. 

Were soul-communication not a 
law we would not dare to say this, 
but as one thing unfolds by com- 
munication with the other, mankind 
is no exception. There is not a 
flower with which we can not com- 
municate by the magnetic power 
which is active within, and there 
is not an animal in the forest to 
which we do not speak by the same 
power, neither is there a star nor 
a plane of any kind from which we 



28 Thought Communication 

are separated as far as communica- 
tion is concerned. 

The power of the soul is endless 
and we can understand it the more 
we cultivate this mental communion. 

Send your love into space (as the 
physical senses recognize it) to those 
you love and they will feel you and 
know that you are there. 

Send out nothing but lovliness as 
thought " kills as well as gives life." 

We can easily see how important 
it is that we hold kind and loving 
thoughts as communion by thought 
both helps and injures, and thus we 
shall be held responsible for what 
we do to others. 

If we find that some one tries to 
injure us let us send thoughts of 
wisdom to them instead of sending 
them the same as they send us, and 
in so doing, we shall become their 
teachers and we will be the 
" mighty " of which David speaks in 
his 120th psalm, and such thoughts 



Thought Communication 29 

will not fail to have their effect upon 
the ignorant, and they will regret 
what they have done and do better. 

Thoughts with their magnetism 
are the " arrows coming from the 
mighty with coals of juniper," 
(120th psalm). 

Before we send thought communi- 
cations to others let us first fill our- 
selves with power, as it is by magnet- 
ism that we can send them, other- 
wise we will not reach any body nor 
can they respond. 

We must not be tired or excited 
when we send our messages, but 
completely composed, and we will 
find answer very readily. 

With those who live in all kind 
of habits it is a grand thing to com- 
municate, as they will receive 
strength and encouragement to do 
better. 

The way we can fill ourselves with 
magnetism is to hold the mind on 
magnetic subjects either on this 



30 Thought Communication 

planet or some other for we can as 
easily think of the sun and draw mag- 
netism as we can on a flower around 
us, as thoughts and their magnetism 
are unlimited. 

By worry and excitement we 
waste our power and the greater 
portion of mankind become mental 
and physical wrecks from it. 

Let us at all times be calm and 
we shall hold our strength. 

These communications are best 
practiced in the evening, as every- 
thing is more quiet than at any other 
time. During the day, as we are all 
busy with other things, our minds 
are not still enough to reach any one 
or become open to other thoughts. 

When our daily duties are done 
their magnetic action becomes more 
quieting and the mind can be active 
on the higher planes and the finer 
magnetism be brought to bear. 

The more calm our minds are the 



Thought Communication 31 

more they become susceptible to the 
thought power of others. 

This is the power which moves all 
things, but mankind does not know 
it, and it is the power by which 
thousands become individualized be- 
cause we can only save and be 
saved by knowledge. Law gives 
no favors, it says, " thou must," 
not only to some but to all, and it 
cannot be limited neither by prayers 
nor faith as it is by experience 
that everybody and everything rises 
higher. 

All things have their own time and 
condition, and they must be followed 
closely in the practice of thought 
communication. 

We must let the golden rule dic- 
tate every message before it is sent, 
as we might cause others harm for 
which we will suffer more than they ; 
and this must not be looked upon 
as though we were thinking of our- 
selves only, but we must know 



32 Thought Communication 

if we cause sorrow for others we 
create it for ourselves. It is almost 
impossible for us to enumerate the 
potver and possibilities which there 
is in thoughts and magnetism, since 
we are moved to act and speak by 
each other's inner lives. 

Do not send thoughts to others 
that are not of a positive and high 
quality, as they will be weakening 
to others and to ourselves. 

It is important that we keep the 
same hour and room for the sending 
of thought messages, as we can more 
readily reach them we think of, and 
we will receive responses easier. 

The more we deal with the power 
of mind consciously, the more we 
shall find that regularity and order 
will help us, and we shall also see 
that it is in harmony with the law. 

To deal with one thing at the time, 
in its own time and place, is one of 
the fundamental principles of this 
study. 



Thought Communication 33 

All things will be in perfect order 
even in their irregularity if they are 
dealt with orderly. 

We must learn to regulate our 
own atmosphere before we can ex- 
pect demonstration of the power in 
it. 

There is nothing impossible, but 
we must bring its powers to the sur- 
face. 

We wear ourselves out by trying 
to have demonstrations in the wrong 
time and place , as it is contrary to 
order, because nothing will work 
against the dictates of the law of 
evolution. 

It is a grand thing to know that 
the power of mind is not dependent 
upon space and time, but that we 
commune with one another on other 
planes as well as this one. 

Mind is the same in and out of the 
body, and, therefore, it is in har- 
mony with the law that thought com- 
munions can be had with those we 



34 Thought Communication 

love who have no longer the same 
bodies which they had while they 
were amongst us. 

It is according to wisdom that the 
mother who left her body here for 
some unknown reason (because she 
did not understand the power of 
thought upon matter), can send her 
messages of love to her darlings who 
are struggling here — not that only, 
but it is the law that she can take a 
finer form ( the astral ) and be where 
her loved ones are gathered at the 
fireside. 

It is by magnetic action and the 
dictates of love that the husband can 
send his soul to the widow who 
grieves as if there was " no hope." 

It is in accordance with unfoldment 
that the father finds the unseen way 
to his wayward son who struggles 
against the tide of temptation and 
finally falls into it; the son is his 
darling boy whether he be strong or 
weak, and the soul of the departed 



Thought Communication 35 

watches him as though he were in 
the body. 

It is the law that two who loved 
while in the body meet on paths un- 
known, and as souls love and adore 
each other truer than ever, — they see 
their own and rejoice in their hap- 
piness, they hear sighs and songs 
and they speak the language which 
souls alone can understand, and 
these beautiful and sweet communi- 
cations we can have from all planes 
by the wonderful power of mag- 
netism. Thought communication 
reaches through everything and by it 
we have communion with the angels. 

If we know this wonderful power 
it will give us much more pleasure 
of life, as we will never feel lonely 
and isolated, nor confined to this 
plane alone, but it will give us won- 
derful freedom, and with freedom 
mental and physical strength and in- 
dividuality. 

This concentration must take 



36 Thought Communication 

place under very harmonious con- 
ditions when we feel rested ; we must 
not have doubt in our minds if 
we wish to reach those with whom 
we are to communicate, and it will 
be a help to inform each other of the 
hour of communication, as there will 
be more stillness on both sides. 

Hold love and beauty before you 
sit down to send your message, and it 
will reach your friend more clearly ; 
love and tenderness reach deeper 
than any other suggestions. 

Do not recognize time nor space 
for the soul, as they belong to the 
physical senses only. Do not recog- 
nize the body at this time, but the 
soul alone when you send your mes- 
sages, and there will be quicker re- 
sponse, as you send with it the finer 
magnetism which penetrates more 
readily. 



Mind and Magnetism on the 

Lower Planes and their Relations 

to the Higher. 

In this lesson we shall see how 
closely we are related to the king- 
doms beneath us and what effect they 
have upon us. 

As mind and magnetism act in con- 
junction in our bodies so they do in 
all other expressions of life. 

If everything has the same destiny 
by law then there must be unity in 
our bodies, as they are a part of 



38 Mind and Magnetism 

everything for the purpose of being 
able to attract matter from every 
kingdom, and by being one with it 
there will be harmony and growth. 

Magnetism is the material means 
by which we come in contact with all 
things and such as the center is, such 
will be the magnetism. 

We must be judges of all things in 
order to meet them on their own 
planes, but we must never allow any- 
thing which is below us in intellect 
to dictate or have dominion over us, 
as then it takes our position and we 
sink lower. 

We must recognize everything as 
our brother, but we must not become 
its slaves. When we think of how the 
animals are raised for the purpose of 
being slaughtered for mankind to eat 
we realize that we are part of it, 
otherwise we would not crave its 
flesh nor would we feel as contented 
as we do after we have eaten it. 
Were there not a part of us in the 



Mind and Magnetism 39 

flower and herb they could not serve 
to restore strength and vigor to the 
body. Were there not a part of the 
mineral kingdom in us we would not 
desire its product nor could the gold 
fascinate us to the extent that it now 
does. Were the magnetism not acted 
upon by thought it would stay where 
it originates and there would be no 
attraction of anything to the other. 
Were it not in accordance with 
law that we should come in contact 
with all things our thoughts would 
not go to anything except our bodies, 
and how would we then be able to 
expand? 

If we as the higher did not come 
into closer relations with the lower 
how would it become cultivated? 
And were there not a higher 
purpose in cultivation we would 
never become as attracted to things 
around us as we now are. We must 
look at our lower brother as the 
angels look at us, and feel toward 



4o Mind and Magnetism 

him as they feel toward us, that we 
need help to reach our destiny. 1 As 
there is a purpose in everything, and 
as it conies from the eternal foun- 
tain of life, so it must go to it after 
it has earned its consciousness by 
struggle. 

Everything is divine, whether it 
can express it now or not. We must 
not look at the expression but at 
that toward which it is reaching. 

Matter can not be in turmoil and 
express regularity, but it will express 
that with which it is surrounded 
from the beginning. We must not be 
mastered by gold, or anything else, 
as it is not on our plane of intel- 
lectual expression, but deal with it 
for the purpose of helping it to reach 
its goal, and meanwhile it must serve 
us according to our dictation, but we 
must not worship it as it is not en- 
titled to that much recognition. 

When human beings fall at the 
feet of gold or anything of that kind 



Mind and Magnetism 41 

they lose sight of their position as 
higher beings into whose hands the 
lower has been placed for refinement 
and they forget that they are called 
upon to be the potters and not the 
clay. 

The coat is not the man, both are 
good and divine as they serve their 
purposes. Take a look at the mil- 
lionaires and see their low expres- 
sions and their wandering eyes, like 
those who have lost the path to their 
fathers' homes. 

We should deal with the minerals 
and flowers and everything else be- 
neath us as we deal with children 
whom we want to help, and while we 
help them they serve us. When we 
take a piece of ore we should love it 
as we love a child; then we could 
sense its magnetism much clearer 
and it would tell us in its own way 
how glad it is to be noticed and 
loved for what it is in the estimate of 
evolution and not because it is used 



42 Mind and Magnetism 

as a means to serve vice as well as 
virtue. We must deal with it as our 
ancestor, and it will refresh our 
memories of the time when we lived 
closer in its bosom than we do now. 
Thus we can read the specimen with 
far more accuracy than we do and 
know it better, and it will come much 
more easily into our hands. We 
must do the same with the flowers, 
holding them in our hands and lov- 
ing them, as by that feeling we can 
reach the inmost soul of everything 
and the sweet flower will send forth 
much more of its magnetism, and its 
fragrance will become life to us. The 
same we should do with tne iish and 
the sea moss, etc., and by our tender- 
ness the finer magnetism which is the 
stronger at all times would become 
the most active, and we would not 
have so much trouble in knowing 
this or that as we have. By such con- 
centration upon everything we learn 
to know its nature better and it will 



43 Mind and Magnetism 

come more readily to our service 
than it does, because as soon as we 
place anything so high that we have 
hard work to reach it then we have 
to struggle, but if we are relaxed 
in the feeling that it belongs and 
will surely come to us by our ex- 
erting the right effort we shall have 
more comfort than we ever had and 
life will be more beautiful to us than 
it has been before. 

What is money but a piece of 
metal which has for the time being 
received the recognition of our 
minds, and what do we receive for it? 
Can we buy love, happiness, content- 
ment and worth of character? We 
may try and we will soon find that 
love is rarely coupled with wealth, 
and " love at first sight " will soon 
be gone if the fortune is not forth- 
coming. 

The effect of the magnetism of 
lower beings and things will be what 
we suggest it to be. If we say that 



44 Mind and Magnetism 

it is " evil " it will have that 
effect on our bodies, as they re- 
spond to suggestions and that is 
the reason why we suffer. If we 
recognize that everything is divine 
we will feel the effect of the finer 
magnetism which we have set in 
action by such recognition, and we 
will feel in harmony with all life. 

Criminals and crimes are only 
expressions of the struggle on the 
lower planes, and they can not ex- 
press anything finer until it has been 
reached by them. Love them, send 
fine thoughts to them^ and their 
higher selves will more easily rise 
out of their bondage. 

If we are in love with anything we 
handle we are relaxed, and its mag- 
netism will flow to us and we do not 
see its struggles, but we see what it 
will become and all will look beauti- 
ful to us. 

If we worry over the material we 
are in combat with it, and repel its 



Mind and Magnetism 45 

magnetism. When we know that the 
higher and sweeter life is embodied 
in everything in the universe how 
can we help but love and adore it, 
and our hearts bounding with such 
love will keep us singing in the midst 
of confusion the day long. 

When we take a piece of ore to con- 
centrate upon remember we should 
not do so to become rich but to know 
it from its higher standpoint, and it 
will serve us more plentiful. Do not 
forget that as soon as we worship 
the " golden calf " we have descended 
from our position as higher beings 
and it can not help but result in 
struggles which we would not have 
if we remained its superiors. Face 
the north when you concentrate on 
gold and know that by concentration 
in order you draw to you its mag- 
netism and you will know it better. 

Fridays and Saturdays are the 
days, and evenings are the times 



46 Mind and Magnetism 

for these concentrations. Do not con- 
centrate for selfishness, but to help 
all things by coming into closer con- 
tact with them. If we live for the 
purpose of being rich our lives will 
be nothing but soul emptiness and 
sorrow. 

As there can be no demonstration 
of the soul except through the mat- 
ter which belongs to every kingdom, 
therefore, we must see it, and know 
it everywhere, and also remember 
that every specie was included in the 
" pinch of clay." 



To Learn How to Serve 

This will be a missionary lesson 
teaching us how to send love and 
kindness to all beings ana things, 
and the effect it will have upon our- 
selves and those to whom we send it. 

Generosity comes from being gen- 
erous, and if we look for it, we must 
first give it as we can not attract un- 
less we have drawn to us the power 
by which to attract ; and as love and 
kindness produce peace and happi- 
ness, which everybody seeks and 



48 To Learn How to Serve 

longs for, it is of the greatest impor- 
tance that we should know how and 
by what means to receive it. 

We have said above that thought 
never travels alone but that it has 
the matter which by affinity belongs 
to it, such matter being magnetism, 
and when we recognize it in our- 
selves and in others, we live that 
lovely duality, whose power is the 
highest happiness, and rest can not 
help but surround us and this life 
will be a state of sunshine in conse- 
quence. 

This grand life will not only be 
our own, but from us it will eminate 
to others who do not know that we 
can have that power of spiritual 
growth and live in this body. 

As thousands of souls are living in 
bodies without having one glimpse 
of this lovely existence we want to 
try and send them this light, and 
the best way of doing that is to 
draw it out from their own within, 



To Learn How to Serve 49 

and we can do so by recognizing it 
in them. Was, or is there any one 
who is so dark that there is not a 
spark of this beautiful light within 
him? Is there any one so coarse 
that there is not some refinement un- 
derneath? "No/' you will tell me, 
and you can not do otherwise as the 
breath of God is in every " pinch of 
clay," and when we are satisfied on 
this point, then we find that we 
have something to work on; let us 
then go to work and help to bring it 
out. 

We owe this love and kindness to 
everything in nature, and we can 
send it everywhere by recognizing 
that it is everywhere, and as the vi- 
brations of our thoughts go from one 
planet to another all over the uni- 
verse, so do we receive and give 
power and life to all things through 
and by our thoughts. Let us send 
out the highest life, both mentally 



50 To Learn How to Serve 

and magnetically, and we will re- 
ceive both in return. 

We have been taught to ask, but 
not to give, and that is the reason why 
we have prayed all our lives and re- 
ceived so little, as we have acted 
against the law of evolution, because 
we cannot receive without giving; 
God will not answer our prayers 
unless we obey that law, as that 
would be to deny Himself. 

If we want happiness we must 
first create it; if we want love we 
must first love; if we want gener- 
osity we must first become generous, 
etc. This law acts in all things. Do 
not long for love unless you send out 
love first, as the time is wasted, for 
you can not be loved unless you are 
lovable. Let us concentrate our 
minds upon ourselves first, to be 
able to become so unselfish as to 
want to love the whole world with- 
out questioning how much we shall 
be loved in return, but let us learn 



To Learn How to Serve 51 

to see that what we have that we 
will receive, because we can not help 
but give it. First send out love to 
all life, then we can classify it by tak- 
ing certain kingdoms, one at a time; 
love goes first in all things because 
it is the greatest of all virtues, and 
it is the foundation upon which every 
kingdom is built. Everything is in- 
cluded in love, and all success in life 
depends upon it. We must first 
learn this lesson before we can know 
anything in life and its activities, 
as love opens the door ana gives ac- 
cess to everything it smiles at all 
times and is always willing to tell 
us its secrets, hence it is by that 
power that we know. 

Love and you shall be loved, be- 
lieve and you shall be believed, give 
and unto thee shall be given, serve 
and you shall be served. Surrender 
to Love's sweet but real life, and 
you shall have company with angels 
while in this body. 



52 To Learn How to Serve 

" Hini who giveth, unto him shall 
be given," and as this is a journey 
through and not the limit, let us 
make it as lovely as possible for our- 
selves and others, and " our deeds 
shall follow us after," and as this 
journey takes us through darkness 
and light, on hills and in valleys, 
let us live in the soul and speak to 
the soul in all things. 

We must not condemn any one nor 
anything, but let us remember that as 
long as everything is in the turmoil 
which is required for growth, it will 
express the effect which the struggle 
for higher expression has upon it, 
and if it should not be pleasing to us 
we must know that it will demon- 
strate its higher self by and by. 

Let us send thoughts of love and 
kindness to the different institutions 
where bodies and souls are confined 
because they have not had the help 
which they needed. They have had 



To Learn How to Serve 53 

to struggle alone in darkness ; there- 
fore, let us not blame them for what 
they say or do, because they express 
the condition which they are in, but 
let us help them out of darkness and 
they will express their finer selves 
and give back to us what we have 
given to them. 

The concentration taught in this 
lesson is done in the evening, after 
everything is still. Bathe the hands 
and face in cold water, and take a 
standing position looking out 
through the window in space. 

Recognize the soul's worth in your- 
self. First, say, I am Eternal Love, 
I am Eternal Life, I am Truth, I am 
Peace, God is in me and I am in 
God, for ever more, Amen. Be very 
quiet while you recognize this in your 
self, and after you have held the 
thought awhile, then recognize the 
same in everybody and everything 
(whether it is expressed or not, it 
is within all matter) ; hold your 



54 To Learn How to Serve 

thought on these qualtities until you 
can feel rest within, then send out 
love to the east, west, south and 
north, hold that thought until you 
can feel happiness, and it will be felt 
in your solar plexus ; after this hold 
sympathy, but never hold pity as 
that is the recognition of weakness 
and will make us weak, and also 
those whom we send it to. Give 
generosity in abundance, love freely, 
and give freely of the higher power, 
and sunshine shall come forth, not 
only in one direction, but from every- 
where, to ourselves and others, and 
thus the soul shall give of its sweet- 
ness like the buds give forth the 
beauty in the rose filled with grand 
life and fragrance. 

Think not of returns, as " he who 
looketh for praise closes the doors 
of reward for himself," but give 
freely and one beautiful gift shall 
come forth after the other. 



To Learn How to Serve 55 

O sweet one, surrender to the beau- 
tiful, forget yourself and you shall 
see God and live. As all souls can 
travel all over the universe our 
bodies need not be transported here 
and there in order to do missionary 
work, but by the sending out of the 
above thoughts and holding them un- 
til we have sent magnetism with 
them, which will go to the body as 
the thought goes to the mind, we 
can help in all troubles without 
much inconvenience and be benefited 
ourselves. 

As this lesson refers to cuff erent 
habits the same must be sent to the 
thief, the murderer, and weaklings 
of all descriptions, as it will call 
forth the higher in them. 

We need not say that this teach- 
ing is faith only; it is fact, founded 
upon the law of cause and effect. 
We make " karma " for ourselves and 
others by sending thoughts to all 



56 To Learn How to Serve 

things — as the thoughts are such is 
the magnetism. 

Humanity can not be satisfied by 
faith only as in the past, but we 
must have knowledge to-day, and 
that will help us to-morrow. 

Look around and see the activity 
in all things, each tending to help 
the other; watch the moon in the 
stillness of the evening, and let its 
brilliancy speak to you of the power 
in it, how it inspires the soul and it 
is by magnetism that we can feel 
its wonderful life which conveys 
thoughts carried to us from other 
planets as well as from our own. 

Sit by the waters and behold their 
silvered surfaces and let them tell you 
how impossible it is to leave you or 
me out from being a link in the chain 
which holds the entire universe to- 
gether. Ask yourself how anything 
in which the power of God is can 
help but be a part of us, and how is 
it possible but to come in contact 



To Learn How to Serve 57 

with the higher when we live in all, 
how can it but affect, and become 
affected by thoughts, as the material 
will be like the thought because it is 
the reality and matter the clothing. 
When we stop to reason, then we can 
see clearly ourselves in all things, 
and we can also see that there will 
be a day when we will come out of 
the confusion radiant and filled 
with the beauty which nothing but 
motion can give; our faces will then 
be resplendent with the happiness of 
a triumphant victory over all diffi- 
culties and we will find, looking back 
on our path, that thought in and 
upon matter led to glory. 

This concentration gives content- 
ment, and therefore we should hold 
the above thoughts every evening 
before we retire, and not speak 
afterwards, and we shall find that 
our sleep and that of those to whom 
we have sent the thoughts, will be 
a soul journey on higher planes from 



58 To Learn How to Serve 

whence we shall bring light and 
strength. 

As there is such variety of lovli- 
ness let us live in it, and place it by 
drawing the finger tips over our faces 
and bodies, recognizing the power 
while we do so. 



Suggestions and their Effects in 
General 

In this lesson we will deal with the 
right way of suggestion and show 
that we can not suggest right until 
we understand the effects which 
right and wrong suggestion has upon 
the mind and body of others. 

Suggestion is different from con- 
centration in that the mind does not 
remain on one thing, but it flies from 
one thing to the other, thereby caus- 
ing chaos around us for which we 



60 Suggestions 

have to suffer in many ways, as it 
affects the nerves, causes sickness 
and often the soul's passing out of 
the body. 

Fear comes from confusion and 
confusion from want of knowledge; 
and as understanding always gives 
poise, we can meet all dangers with 
strength to conquer. 

When we fear that things might 
turn out so and so, always looking 
at the dark side, that is suggestions 
of gloom and misfortune, and if we 
repeat such suggestions they will 
surely come to pass. 

Hope is a suggestion, and when 
we feel that it will be better by and 
by, then we suggest that it shall be 
so, and if we hold that thought con- 
sciously it will be concentration, and 
we will find it taking place sooner 
than otherwise. 

We must learn to know the cause 
and effect of suggestion and con- 
centration before we can do either to 



Suggestions 6 1 

our benefit, as it must be done con- 
sciously in both cases. When a man 
fears that he will lose his fortune, 
he suggests that it shall be so, un- 
consciously, and meanwhile he works 
very hard to prevent it. If we under- 
stand the law of preventing the hap- 
penings of that which we suggest 
consciously or unconsciously, it will 
be demonstrated that we make our 
own lives, and what we make we 
have, and what we say, that will 
come to pass. 

Suggestion is the key by which 
we open the door to all possibilities, 
and if we do not understand we will 
suffer as there is no grace for him 
who does not know. God can not 
help any one who can not help him- 
self, therefore our thoughts and sug- 
gestions will either lead us nearer to 
Him, or further away, and we must 
sooner or later discover that it is the 
" mighty " who finds the kingdom of 
heaven, and they are those who have 



62 Suggestions 

learned and know the law of life and 
how to live it. 

Fear causes weakness and waste 
of energy, and it is the suggestion 
of possible calamities which makes 
lis lose our mental and physical 
power. When we learn to suggest 
nothing but that which is grand and 
beautiful, then we shall find strength 
and see the possibility of accomplish- 
ing everything we undertake. 

Gloomy and sad suggestions means 
weakness and loss of magnetism, but 
the stronger gives poise at all times 
in all kinds of danger, and it draws 
to us magnetism which will give us 
vigor, life and individuality, and it 
will become a remedy for all things. 

When we suggest ill to others 
( that means to recognize that " they 
are no good, and will never amount 
to anything," etc. ) , we bring out the 
lower in those of whom we think, 
and we will be sure to find it and 



Suggestions 63 

then we will say to each other, " Did 
I not tell you so? " but if we notice 
we will find ourselves restless and 
more or less in mental disturbance 
all the time, and what is this, if not 
that we receive back what we have 
sent out, as we can not have peace 
and suggest disturbance to others. 

Do not send pity to anything, but 
send love and kindness to all king- 
doms, and most of all to the animals, 
as they receive it and feel the mag- 
netism it brings to them and it will 
draw them closer to us, and by com- 
ing in contact with us their higher 
selves are brought out. 

Do not forget that it is magnetism 
which brings everything into our 
lives. 

When the animals feel the finer 
magnetism from the human they be- 
come gentle, and thus less abused; 
and by it the animal and his master 
learn to understand one another. 



64 Suggestions 

It is magnetism in the flower 
which makes the gardener love it the 
more he handles it ; and it is magnet- 
ism which makes man and woman 
" fall in love at first sight." It is 
magnetism which makes the pupil 
love his teacher, and it is magnetism 
which tells the sick if their doctor 
can cure or not; it is magnetism 
which gives confidence, and by mag- 
netism which is not harmonious it 
is taken away. 

We can not smell, hear, nor touch 
magnetism, nor can we measure it, 
and because it comes and goes so 
that we do not know or understand 
it, that is why we suffer mysteriously 
at times. 

It is by magnetism that soul un- 
derstands soul without words, and 
by magnetism other worlds than 
this shall be built, roll on and dis- 
appear, and humanity on all planes 
shall lay off one body after another 



Suggestions 65 

in order to take finer and be pre- 
pared for it in and by the unknown 
power of magnetism which their 
thoughts bring* 

It is of the greatest importance 
that we keep our thoughts under con- 
trol, and we must not make any sug- 
gestions of things which we do not 
want, nor have gloomy suggestions 
before we retire, as our souls will 
then travel in the lower magnetism 
while we sleep and wear out our 
bodies, because we open the door for 
unconscious souls who will come 
around us when we can not protect 
ourselves and draw our magnetic 
forces away and exhaust our nerves. 

Lesson fourth gives us the idea of 
our suggestions, Before we deal 
with anything of a lower material, 
let us send out love and peace to all 
things before we suggest success for 
the coming day, as we are in har- 
mony with life when we recognize 
love and peace, and after that we 



66 Suggestions 

can more easily draw to us the mag- 
netism of the condition with which 
we are in contact. 

When we suggest we should think 
first what is the best and most profit- 
able to us, and we would come to the 
conclusion that all things were de- 
pendent upon our way of sugges- 
tion. We must know that each cir- 
cumstance brings a different sugges- 
tion, and as there is always a com- 
bination of magnetisms belonging to 
each circumstance we must think 
first what to suggest. 

You will ask how you are to know. 
You know what you like to have and 
become, and your highest desires you 
should suggest no matter on what 
plane it is so long as it is your high- 
est — that means, the highest you can 
think of — and then concentrate upon 
it and it will be sure to come. 

In this wise let us lift our eyes to 
" Jerusalem," and we shall see the 
height of our happiness. 



Suggestions 67 

Let us take for example some one 
who hopes to bring us some new in- 
vention in air-travel in particular, 
(as that is to be the next advance- 
ment on our material earth). If the 
inventor suggests failure he will meet 
with it, but if he holds in his mind 
success in the ultimate he will be 
sure to succeed, but it will be with 
the understanding that he does not 
suggest failure. 

To overcome failure we must not 
recognize it, nor must we recognize 
fear, as if we do we can not over- 
come it, but it will have the better of 
us. The recognition of perfect abil- 
ity to fulfill any thing we andertake 
will help us to success. Make these 
suggestions in the evening, first take 
one thing and then the other, and 
think of the most practical and 
shortest method of finding the way 
toil 

We must always give encourage- 
ment to ourselves, and others, as 



68 Suggestions 

that will give strength to go onward ; 
let us live on the hills, and look into 
the smiling life and expect great 
things always feeling that we are 
able to accomplish them, and thus 
suggesting the higher life, we shall 
never know fear or lose our mag- 
netism. 



Personal Suggestions and their 
Magnetism 

This lesson will deal with sugges- 
tion and its effect upon the body, 
particularly. We shall see that the 
minute we suggest sickness, that- 
minute we will have it, it may be 
that it does not demonstrate itself 
until some time after, but it is sure 
to come, because we have suggested 
sickness and it will be so. As soon 
as we go out in the air and think we 
will take cold we will take it be- 
cause we have made that law. 

What we say will come to us be- 
cause we draw the magnetism be- 



jo Personal Suggestions 

longing to each thing, and it can not 
help but come to our bodies as well 
as to our minds. 

Our nervous systems respond to 
every thought, and the magnetism 
belonging to each thought will affect 
our bodies. 

Fear is so closely associated with 
lower suggestions that they can 
hardly be parted. Fear is an emo- 
tion, and in proportion to its 
strength, it will carry magnetism 
with it by which the body will be 
made weaker and weaker. 

If we make the stronger sugges- 
tions they will affect our bodies and 
we will not know of pain or weak- 
ness. 

The higher suggestions will make 
the Sun of possibility shine in our 
path, and we will wander in its light 
night and day; we will know the 
power of virtue from the higher plane 
of thought, and the beautiful mag- 
netism will blend in the radiance of 



Personal Suggestions 71 

the soul power, and the seen and un- 
seen will awaken from its slumber 
into this grand life and recognize 
that it has been able to do so by 
suggesting the higher and stronger 
life-power. 

The rule which we have spoken of 
in the previous lessons must be ob- 
served in this one which is perfect 
calmness and deliberation, as we can 
not know what to suggest unless we 
are calm. At all times it is import- 
ant that we suggest, health, youth, 
strength and vigor. 

And when we hold our minds on 
that we can not help but feel it. 

Let us have nothing against any- 
body as that will be against our- 
selves. Our unconscious sugges- 
tions have such an effect upon our 
bodies that they make them what they 
are. All stagnations of the blood 
come from inactivity of mind in the 
right channel, and too much activity 



yz Personal Suggestions 

in the wrong direction. There is 
not an ailment from which we suffer 
that is not caused by our ignorance, 
or that of our forefathers, and all 
deficiencies that we see around us 
are caused by mental slumber. 

If mind and matter go together, 
as new thought teaches, then how 
can it be prevented but that the body 
becomes the very expression of the 
mind, and if it is so where shall 
we turn for remedy but to the mind, 
as it can counteract as well as pro- 
duce. 

When disorder of the body is sug- 
gested it will come and suggestion 
will work so perfect that it will ef- 
fect each organ just as we say. 

Cancer, wherever it may be in the 
body, is not a cancer until we have 
suggested it to become such, and if 
we think over what our feelings are 
when we notice pain we will find 
that we fear that " it may develop 



Personal Suggestions 73 

into something which our grand- 
mothers or fathers had," and we sug- 
gest cancer, or heart trouble, or con- 
sumption, and we tell one another how 
they suffered, and we live in those 
conditions until we have drawn the 
blood to the weakest part of our body 
where it has so accumulated that in- 
flammation can not help but be the 
result, and instead of taking, the 
proper exercise and rubbing to scat- 
ter the blood, we sit and cherish the 
" cancer," and talk about it and pity 
ourselves and look for death, etc. 

There are more suicides by sug- 
gestion than by any other method, 
and also murders, and when we un- 
derstand the power of thought we 
shall see it. 

We have spoken in the previous 
lessons of the different magnetism, 
the different organs being acted upon 
because their particular nerves have 
their own magnetisms, one different 
from the other, and the result is 



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74 Personal Suggestions 

that we set the different magnetisms 
into activity by suggestion as well as 
by concentration; as the thought is, 
so will be the action, and hence Ave 
can see how we give our bodies 
" cancer," etc. 

Instead of suggesting wrinkles in 
the face by recognizing them, fear- 
ing that they are coming, and " we 
will look old," why not suggest that 
we are becoming younger, wiser, 
healthier, etc., and so keep the nerves 
at rest, and the circulation in a nor- 
mal condition. 

Instead of suggesting stomach 
trouble by fearing that the " liver 
does not act right," why not live, eat, 
drink and dress more in harmony 
with health and comfort. Instead of 
violating the law of nature's activity 
in the body and then complaining 
about it all the time and suggesting 
age and death before the time 
comes, let woman become more sen- 
sible, let her take off her corsets, 



Personal Suggestions 75 

and set a wholesome table, omitting 
sweetmeats, and all other kinds of 
dough, and she and her children will 
become healthier and happier. Let 
it be remembered that wherever we 
place our suggestions there the effect 
will be known sooner or later. 

To have a well-developed body we 
must suggest symmetry and poise to 
all its parts, and we must also give 
them exercises in conjunction with 
suggestions, and we shall look as 
though we were twenty at the 
time we are fifty, and feel happier 
and more lively than we did in 
our childhood. We all know how 
the body suffers from suggesting 
gloomy things, and the more we 
dwell upon it, the sadder we become 
until it ends in pain and bodily 
weakness. This shows that there is 
the closest relation between the body 
and the mind. 

Take one organ at a time and sug- 
gest youth and strength, and do not 



76 Personal Suggestions 

tie up the waist by a corset, but 
leave it free for the blood to circu- 
late; aud do uot suggest disease if 
you feel a little pain or inconven- 
ience, as it may be that you are sen- 
sitive to the atmosphere about you, 
resist it by holding health and youth 
and it will not harm you or cause 
difficulty. 

Do not borrow trouble or pain by 
thinking that you are going to be- 
come so and so. Go out in the 
fresh air, listen to music, dwell in 
the beautiful, and when you hear 
or feel sadness counteract it by the 
power of the soul and its expression 
of God within. Place your fingers on 
the surface of your skin and draw 
them downward, letting the electric- 
ity flow from them to the part which 
you wish to affect, and recognize life, 
not in gloom, but in youth and 
beauty. Thus we can become hand- 
some in the face and body, but we 



Personal Suggestions 77 

never will so long as we suggest 
disease and death. 

It would take too large a volume 
to go into detail in describing each 
organ in the body, but we will say 
that that which helps one part will 
help the other and not only help it, 
but renew and keep it so. 

What would the mind amount to 
if it did not take in the body in which 
it is demonstrated? What does a 
teaching amount to which does not 
benefit us to-day? And why should 
we live in the to-morrow and hope 
for a day we may not see? Let to- 
morrow take care of itself, and let 
us have a teaching wnich can give 
us help and happiness to-day and 
that will prepare us for to-morrow. 
What good does it do us to hear of 
" God's grace " in the future, and 
what good do the teachings ol; 
grace do us after all, when we 
in the final have to rely upon our 
own knowledge, as we can not 



j8 Personal Suggestions 

find help from anything else? My 
readers will perhaps take issue with 
me and feel that I teach too material 
a teaching, devoid of hope and spir- 
ituality. That is as each one of us 
can see it; as I see it I can not feel 
content without I know. I can not 
feel like heaping the responsibility 
upon any one else for my deeds, par- 
ticularly as I know that I make my 
own " karma " and that no one else 
but I, myself, can be responsible for 
my life, and as I see it, we save the 
trouble of to-morrow by learning to- 
day. 

Let us have the glorious opportun- 
ity to-day and we shall rejoice and 
our happiness shall rebound to 
others and become greater to-mor- 
row. 

In concluding this lesson let us 
say, do not suggest pain to your 
body, but health ; do not suggest fail- 
ure to yourself, but success, and live 
in, and by higher suggestions, and 



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rest your mind by non-thinking long 
enough to know what your highest 
suggestions should be as far as the 
body and other things are concerned. 

Suggest health, youth, love, lov- 
liness, success and triumphant hap- 
piness, and live in that, and your 
suggestions will help you to a higher 
plane and also others. 

All suggestions upon the body and 
applications of exercises should be 
done in quietude every evening when 
no one is around. 



The Soul, and its Power to Travel 
on Higher Planes by Magnetism 

This lesson being the final of this 
course it is of importance that we 
see where the systematic cultiva- 
tion of mind-power upon the body 
will lead us. We have gone step 
by step in this course and shown 
why and wherefore we can affect 
outside things by mind when we 
can not see or touch them; we 
have tried to give the key to the so- 
called new teachings of mind, and 
matter, by showing that mind travels 
in and by matter, and that there is 
not a thought which has not matter 
in it. We have given these instruc- 
tions in harmony with the law of 



The Soul 8 1 

evolution as all beings and things 
are bound by it and must obey its 
dictations either in this or some 
other body. 

We have shown that consciousness 
is our goal, and that everything else 
must reach the same. By conscious- 
ness, we mean the higher self, as 
the mind in this body is the lower 
which is striving to reach higher 
and will do so. We have shown that 
cause and effect go through all na- 
ture, and that we must know it in 
order to have the happiness which 
we seek. 

We shall show in this lesson that 
we can be in the duality of our be- 
ing and demonstrate its power here 
and also upon higher planes at the 
same time. To soul there is neither 
time limit, nor space limit, and 
therefore, we can go out and draw 
power to us, and we will become 
renewed and rested while the soul is 
away, because it will rest the senses 



82 The Soul 

and such rest will be new life to the 
whole body. Glorious privilege that 
man can live in his dual self, and 
thus know the higher life and its 
beauty and progress. Grand truth 
that man is as unlimited as God, but 
he does not know it as yet, and 
blessed reality that we need not live 
in darkness as to who we are and 
what we can become. 

Wonderful law of wisdom that 
the weary can leave their abode of 
weariness and go out in the endless- 
ness of life and bring to the body 
new life and refreshment by which it 
becomes stimulated to go on, and on. 
I am glad that we are free even while 
in bondage, free as the birds and yet 
confined in the flesh ; I am glad that 
we can send out our minds in the il- 
luminated spheres of love and re- 
main there till we become so filled 
with it that we can recognize nothing 
else but its sweetness and invigor- 
ating reality. 



The Soul 83 

If we say this to the world it will 
tell us " it is an impossibility," as the 
world can not see that the body is 
only a covering, but not the self, 
and as the self can not be seen except 
in its demonstrations, and as the 
world can not touch it or smell it, 
it can not realize that it is everything 
but a fancy. 

The minute we think of the angels 
we are amongst them, and in the pro- 
portion as we hold our thoughts at 
length upon their beautiful lives, we 
shall be able to realize that we are 
amongst them, as we draw to us by 
long thoughts upon one thing the 
magnetism in which that particular 
thing lives. 

Concentration, as thought in the 
previous lessons, will teach us and 
develop us to reach this goal, but we 
can not as long as we suggest pain, 
inability and death. 

We must learn to love everybody, 



84 The Soul 

as the angels can not come near ns 
unless we have overcome selfishness 
and excuses for our own folly. 

Can we not sit by the fount of life 
and see its sparkling water like dew- 
drops from heaven falling upon us 
until we melt into full-blending with 
it? Can we not leave the turmoils 
and be on the hills of peace, and 
from their heights see and hear our 
beloved? 

Can we not realize that one mo- 
ment in this beautiful existence is 
worth more than all earth's gold. 
Yes, sweet one, and thus all sorrows 
will be forgotten and we will know 
of nothing else but peace and har- 
mony. 

Let us remember that these higher 
experiences can not be had unless 
we have practiced the power of the 
higher thoughts upon our bodies and 
thus made them responsive to the 
finer forces, and the more our minds 
dwell upon the beautiful the more 



The Soul 85 

invigorating magnetism wp draw to 
us. 

The more we can live in our higher 
selves and associate with the finer, 
the more we shall see it coming forth 
in all things in which we could not 
recognize anything but coarseness. 

Can we not sit in thought by the 
mighty ocean and hear its roarings, 
and how one expression of life in it 
gives greeting to the other? 

Can we not hear the songs of the 
choral and see even there in the deep 
the fairies dance after music of the 
little cupids? You say, " not in the 
ocean." Oh, yes, there is love mani- 
fested, there is beauty beyond com- 
prehension, and Innocence stands 
watch at the portals to their palaces 
made of moss and other beautiful 
things. 

Evolution lays its mysterious vail 
over the sea-lion as well as over the 
goldfish, and the book of life is read 
to it and all thing hear and obey. 



86 The Soul 

O children of God, wake up and 
look around you and know that 
" much is given and therefore much 
shall be asked." 

While I write these lines I feel the 
beauty of the higher life to the extent 
that my soul is lifted amongst the 
angels who are rejoicing, while my 
body trembles by the power which it 
brings, and I can see the whole 
heaven aglow with the magnificent 
magnetic lights emanating from this 
beautiful plane. 

Recognize what you should be and 
not what you are now, and you will 
have these grand experiences. 

We can send our souls to those 
whom we love who are far away from 
us, and inspire them with patience 
and give them strength to hold on 
until they understand their own 
power and can use it. 

We can send our souls into the an- 
imal kingdom and give our love and 
sympathy to our brother, the beast, 



The Soul 87 

and he will pull his load more will- 
ingly and be less ill-used. 

We can send our souls amongst 
the birds as they trill to nature's 
honor, and as the sun rises in the 
sky, we can follow them on their 
journeys while they sing as nothing 
else can. We can send our souls 
amongst the flowers and hold them 
there until we have become so famil- 
iar with their language that we, by 
the exchange of magnetism, can 
speak to their souls and be under- 
stood. As we understand we shall 
see the smiles upon their sweet faces, 
and they will tell us that they give 
beauty and love to man. Thus we 
can see that we are not confined even 
though we are clothed with matter, 
but we can know and understand, 
and also appreciate what it means 
that the " pinch of clay became a 
living soul." 

This is the goal — to know life out- 
side of the body while we live in it. 



88 The Soul 

We must always remember that we 
do our duty first before we ask it of 
any one else, and that will teach us 
to serve to be served, and not to be 
served to serve. 

This lesson gives a great many 
blessings, but it asks us to give in 
order to receive, and the missionary 
lesson must be practised faithfully 
as we can never receive unless we 
are willing to sacrafice some things. 

Forgiveness is the first thing 
asked of us and next comes to help 
wherever it can be done. 

The practice of this lesson can 
only be done in the morning before 
we have seen or spoken to any one, 
and the mind must be free from 
everything which would be an ob- 
stacle for us to reach a higher plane. 
We must practice non-thinking at 
the time for a few minutes in order 
to be able to exclude from our minds 
things which hinder us from think- 
ing on the higher. 



The Soul 89 

Leave this plane in thought and 
let your mind wander to other stars, 
as that is just as easy as to think of 
our friends, and as there is no dis- 
tance to mind, we can as quickly be 
there as any where else. 

The change of plane will give new 
magnetism to the body and we build 
it anew. 

Happiness to the mind gives new 
life to the body, and when we are re- 
leased from the body we feel free and 
that freedom is power to it. 

As this lesson takes us into a 
higher plane, and belongs to medita- 
tion, we should not confuse it with 
the other lessons which deal with the 
matter on the lower plane; these 
practices will lift us if we use them 
rightly, and we will understand our 
higher selves more than we ever did 
before. Let us select a room for 
this concentration where there is as 
little disturbance around as possible, 
let us be there alone and think of 



90 The Soul 

nothing but the higher life, as the 
more we can forget everything 
around us the more we will con- 
sciously realize where we are and 
how the life is about us. When we 
sit down in this concentration we 
do not rest the back against the 
chair, but sit straight, hands on 
knees and feet not crossed. This 
concentration must not be practiced 
for anything else than the higher un- 
derstanding and expression of the 
soul, and we must not sit with the 
understanding of having visions or 
hearing things, but only to receive 
higher power. Do not sit any longer 
than fifteen minutes as that will be 
plenty of time for we can not hold 
our thoughts on one thing any 
longer at the commencement. Tell 
no one of these sittings as they will 
send their thoughts, and they will be 
an obstacle to success. 

Breathe very slowly and do not 
heave the chest, but be very calm and 



The Soul 91 

still while in this concentration as 
the magnetism is very fine which is 
drawn in this sitting, and it is very 
easy to repel it with too heavy 
breathing. Sit always in the same 
chair and in the same room and even 
in the same corner as magnetism is 
drawn there and, therefore, it will 
be a very magnetic place and by 
changing it we scatter our forces. 
Let us never look for success from 
each sitting, but sit regularly three 
times a week, on Sunday, Monday 
and Tuesday mornings, early, and 
tell no one that you practice it. 

Always sit before you have taken 
food into your system. 

Always wash hands, face and feet 
before sitting so that the finer mag- 
netism can flow freely through the 
pores in all negative places ■ of the 
extremities and the face. 

This sitting will take us to the 
holiest presence of the angels and 
we can not help but feel the higher 



92 The Soul 

life will become more active in us. 

Always recognize the higher within 
everybody, and let the surface alone. 
As we have said in the above these 
sittings will teach us how to send 
our souls to other planes, and we 
will find it as easy to send our souls 
to other stars as it is to send it across 
the street, or to some one whom we 
love, Blessed freedom, wonderful 
arrangement and generous law that 
such can be possible at the same time 
we are confined in the body. 

As long as we live only for the 
purpose of saving up money we will 
never reach this state of freedom, as 
that will hold us to earth too close, 
and we will never know the beauties 
beyond it. 

We can overcome every deficiency 
by recognizing the stronger power, 
as that will counteract all the effects 
of the weaker, and become remedies 
which will cure physical ills, and if 
applied in the right time and under 



The Soul 93 

the right circumstances they will be 
of wonderful help in all emergencies. 

We base this statement upon the 
fact that the soul is the real self, and 
it can overcome by its power every- 
thing beneath it as it is the stronger 
at all times. 

Live in the higher realms of con- 
sciousness and all things on earth 
will be very easy to conquer. It is 
quite impossible to enumerate all 
the blessings which come from living 
the life in the spirit, and in harmony 
with the law, as the expressions of 
the inner power are so manifold that 
they can not be described, but only 
experienced, and as each soul is dif- 
ferent from the other, one can not 
draw conclusions from another's ex- 
periences. If each lesson is prac- 
ticed conscientiously it will give more 
power to soul and body than we 
would be able to tell as the more we 
deal with the higher the more we 
receive. 



Remedies for Physical and 
Mental Ills 



For all kinds of worries, surrender 
to the higher power, and rest men- 
tally and bodily. 

For hunger of love and affection, 
surrender and rest in the universal 
lovliness, that will make us lovable 
and we will be loved. 

For jealousy, give love and confi- 
dence to those of whom you are jeal- 
ous, and they will be true to you. 

For poverty, surrender to the uni- 
versal supplies, recognizing plenty 
and you will never become poor. 



Physical and Mental Ills 95 

For good and obedient children, 
tell them how lovely they are and 
not how bad they are, and they will 
love and obey you. 

For honesty, be always open and 
frank, and people will be honest to 
you. 

For usefulness, be always practi- 
cal. 

For beauty, recognize the hidden 
powers of virtue and draw your fin- 
gers over the surface of the skin of 
the face, and you will become beau- 
tiful. 

For sickness, think of new life, 
youth and strength, drawing your 
hands over the body, and you will 
feel strength coming to you. 

For honor, think of the worth of 
character. 

For friends, send out love, gener- 
osity and unselfishness, and you will 
make friends with everybody with 
whom you come in contact. 

For "enemies" recognize no such 



96 Physical and Mental Ills 

persons, but recognize their power of 
love. 

For stinginess, hold the universal 
generousity. 

For irritable disposition, hold 
kindness. 

For weakness, hold mental and 
physical poise. 

For patience, hold forgiveness. 

For a beautiful body, hold peace 
of mind. 

For success, hold endurance. 

For wisdom, hold unfoldment. 

For the help of others, hold the 
communion with the higher life. 

For a good companion, do not look 
for love, but send all the love of 
which you are capable and it will 
come back to you. 

For hasty success, hold that, but 
do not limit time. 

For fear of being old, hold per- 
petual youth. 

For peace and happiness every 
day, do not find fault with others, 



Physical and Mental Ills 97 

but recognize their virtues whether 
you see them or not. 

For undisturbed mental and bod- 
ily rest, do not answer those who are 
in anger, nor let it affect you, but 
hold peace. 

Remember that we must " do unto 
others as we want to be done by," 
and thus we shall look back upon our 
path and see that it was by the power 
of mind over matter that we were 
able to overcome all darkness and 
learn the lessons by which we 
have reached the highest glory. 



Times and Conditions for Con- 
centrations 



Higher concentrations, for spirit- 
ual unfoldment, Sundays, Mondays 
and Tuesdays, in the mornings as 
early as possible, and after sunset. 

For quietude, health and poise, 
Wednesday and Thursday, morn- 
ings and evenings. For this, physical 
exercises, known as rotary motions, 
should be taken in a lying down, 
restful position, with hands, feet, 
shoulders and head exercised while 
the breathing is easy, rotating five 
times each way to right and left , and 
the same for the trunk in a standing 
position. 



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To draw magnetism of a finer 
quality to the body the breathings 
are deep but slow, inhaling much 
stronger than exhaling. 

All breathings should be taken in 
the fresh air as the rooms are not 
pure enough for the lungs. 

No concentrations, breathings, nor 
exercises should be taken just before, 
nor right after meals, nor if there is 
excitement around you. 

For gold and material things, Fri- 
days and Saturdays, late in the even- 
ings. Face the extreme north, with 
deep inhalings. 

When we desire to draw to us, we 
inhale, and when we give out, we ex- 
hale. 

Dear reader, in this little book we 
have tried to show the power of mind 
and magnetism, or thought force in 
the material^ and its practical culti- 
vation, but unless it is practiced by 
regular concentration, and orderly 
application according to instructions 



i oo Concentrations 

given in the right times and condi- 
tions, we can gain little. 

We have shown that mind affects 
the nerves and the nerves the whole 
body, and, therefore, we must not 
wear tight clothing, which is at all 
times an obstacle to the right action 
of the functions of the body. 

Wear loose garments, eat whole- 
some and plain food, breathe in the 
fresh air, take systematic exercises 
(Swedish movements and physical 
culture), bathe freely and hold the 
mind on higher planes, and you will 
find wonderful unfoldment, and have 
powers which can be used for your 
own happiness and the happiness of 
the human race. Do not be slave to 
anybody or anything, but be free, love 
everybody; always hold success in 
all things, health, youth, beauty and 
amiability and you will sail easier on 
the ocean of human experience, and 
make a triumphant entry into the 
higher planes. 



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